Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Helicina rostrata (Helicina rostrata), recorded as Endangered
Helicina rostrata (Helicina rostrata). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Helicina rostrata

Helicina rostrata

Helicina rostrata is a gastropod in the family Helicinidae (order Cycloneritida), recorded as Endangered.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Helicina rostrata
Taxonomy
Gastropoda · Cycloneritida · Helicinidae · Helicina

The gastropod

Gastropods are snails and slugs. The animal is the soft body; the shell, when present, is grown, not worn like a stone.

Range and habitat

This land snail is found in Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

Snails move on a single foot and feed with a rasping tongue. Island and spring species rarely recolonise once the site is emptied.

In crisis

This is an endangered species.

Helicina rostrata is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Helicina rostrata — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q308025. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Helicina rostrata?
Helicina rostrata is a gastropod in the family Helicinidae (order Cycloneritida).
What is the conservation status of Helicina rostrata?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Helicina rostrata. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Helicina rostrata live?
This land snail is found in Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Why is Helicina rostrata in crisis?
This is an endangered species.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Helicina rostrata?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Helicina rostrata a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.